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a common point of confusion:

A corporation agreeing to settle a lawsuit with money does not mean that the allegations were conclusively proven. It means they hit the “fine fine here’s some money to compensate for your troubles, please shut up” escape button. These concepts may have overlap, but they are not the same.

In particular, a company may agree to settle over something that isn’t really true, because the amount of sensitive internal information they’d have to disclose at the court’s orders to PROVE it’s not true would do more damage than just sighing and forking over the money.

It also might just be true and they know it! But not necessarily.

@mcc girl I am so jealous where do I sign up

@zaire you are being a turbo creep.

I have blocked two people tonight. One accused me out of the clear blue sky of being a child abuser for absolutely no apparent reason (no supporting evidence was provided). The other decided it’d be real funny to do the one thing that I specifically said would not be funny and would make me very angry.

Anyone else want to lose dog photo privileges? Maybe blame the invasion of Genghis Khan on me?

@mossyrua okay enjoy your block for being a creep

@draeath it very specially only worked if rebooted *while the microphone was not plugged in* so I doubt restarting the service while the microphone was plugged in would have fixed it

@WizardOfDocs the audio thing is not necessarily Microsoft's fault as opposed to shoddy drivers not provided by them etc etc. but replacing the audio troubleshoot button with an app that says to click the audio troubleshoot button definitely is their fault

@WizardOfDocs no, no, this was the fourth or fifth reboot; turning it on and off again did not work. turning it on and off again **without the usb microphone that should be conceptually unrelated to the 3.5mm headphones** worked.

@Canageek the audio is cursed on all operating systems yes, but I'm not mad about the audio.

my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.

I clicked the audio troubleshooting button in Settings. It did not send me to the troubleshooter, but instead redirected me to install a help app. (yes, it wasn't even pre-installed.)

The help app told me to click the audio troubleshooter button.

Satya Nadella owes me three billion dollars in emotional damages.

(we've fixed the audio problem by unplugging the USB microphone and rebooting. before you @ me self-righteously about someone else's operating system which was chosen in accordance with THEIR needs and not mine and certainly not yours, consider whether I might react with the fury of ten thousand suns)

Now that's style. https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/

I keep this picture of me ten years ago in Massachusetts on speed dial so I can explain to Dutch people why their winters do not intimidate me

This is the most snow I’ve seen since moving to the Netherlands four years ago. Odin barely seems aware of the difference #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #snow #amsterdam

psychology literature on autism is all so cringe.

"90% of autistic people are men" 100% of us can't believe you've fallen for this self-fulfilling diagnostic issue. ... and 90% of us wear striped knee socks.

"a few autistic people are so high-functioning that they even manage to hold down a job" we are holding down the entire science and tech economy, Clarence.

"a defining characteristic of autism is a lack of desire to share interests with others and a deficiency in theory of mind" I think the issue might be that you have never once spoken to a single autistic person as if YOU possess theory of mind, Karen. Now, the doors have been locked for your convenience, and my six hour presentation on obscure writing systems may commence.

@xgranade @at

“Bouvat-Merlin says he was drawn to Sauron by both the mission and an opportunity to solve a real customer problem.”

… the mission. the mission of Sauron. The problems that Sauron, Dark Lord of Mordor is interested in solving

@lorenzofb setup for a battle royale deathtrap situation

We ran into the fearless ridgeback puppy, and Odin got all his sillies out. She’s gonna be big!, which is great — I feel the one thing missing from Odin’s life is consistent access to a playmate who’s big enough to play rough with him. #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon

@jessie @catsalad this is Odin. Sometimes he commits hug crimes against mommy and has to be arrested by daddy.

there we go – a proper Sankakem Chapel to match the priestess dormitory. this is so, so much better than my first attempt months ago. #lego #gloryinthethunder

@eniko I don’t need 8k but I do need retina-class resolution or I can’t read antialiased text (or text that is designed to be antialiased but isn’t — only bitmap fonts)